Dental implants: the permanent tooth replacement
Using dental implants, a dentist can permanently replace your missing teeth, giving you back both natural function and appearance in your jaw. At Warrendale Dental Care in Ross-on-Wye we have a skilled implantology team, who can use these bionic tooth roots to replace anything from one to all of your natural teeth.
Missing teeth are more than just an aesthetic problem. Even one lost tooth puts immediate extra strain on those teeth that remain. Your other teeth can also become crooked, twisted, and misaligned by moving into the gap left behind, which can increase your risk of dental decay, gum disease, and ultimately of further tooth loss by making them more difficult to keep clean.
If one lost tooth is allowed to become several lost teeth, your ability to eat a healthy diet can be affected, as can your speech – not to mention your self-esteem.
At our Ross-on-Wye dental practice we believe dental implants are often the ideal tooth replacement solution. As well as being the only permanent way to replace lost teeth, dental implants are also the only method of replacing the tooth roots – important to the health of your jaw bone as well as to holding your teeth in place.
In the majority of cases, only local anaesthetic is required for the placement of dental implants, because your dentist will carry out extensive planning prior to your implant surgery. As soon as your dental implants are in place, the process of osseointegration will begin. This involves your implants meshing with your jaw bone to form a bond akin to that of a natural tooth root.
The full dental implant healing process takes approximately six months. After this period your Ross-on-Wye dentist will attach your permanent new teeth, which may be single crowns or an implant-retained bridge or denture, and you will be able to get back to enjoying your life free from the misery of tooth loss or ill-fitting dentures.
Dental implants have a success rate upwards of 98%. You will need to attend regular follow-up appointments at our Ross-on-Wye clinic to ensure that your implants and new teeth stay healthy.